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the question that i heard mentioned before was underwriting, and bankruptcy laws. it is a big issue with a lot of people out there. if we say they are allowed to be bankrupt, but we think that is going to affect the current market? we have to cut people off. consider the federal loan program, they will guarantee anybody the ability to repay, but because they know there is a guarantee they'll get the loan paid back. the can't charge them bankruptcy, right? how come we guarantee loans without their ability to pay? and woe schools be interested in standing behind their product? if a student defaults, with the school step up and pay the loan back? would they pay that loan back? >> it would as a result of higher tuition because the schools don't necessarily have a substantial endowments. the consequence of bankruptcy discharge would be people in over their head would have the option of the light at the end of the tunnel, it would force the lenders to offer more compromises, since they know that the alternative is losing that loan entirely to a bankruptcy discharge, he m
the question that i heard mentioned before was underwriting, and bankruptcy laws. it is a big issue with a lot of people out there. if we say they are allowed to be bankrupt, but we think that is going to affect the current market? we have to cut people off. consider the federal loan program, they will guarantee anybody the ability to repay, but because they know there is a guarantee they'll get the loan paid back. the can't charge them bankruptcy, right? how come we guarantee loans without...
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if you are teaching a class in corporate law in a business school or a law school, or discussing corporations in an economics class, it is much easier to say these are things that are on by shareholders, than to describe what are very complex political institutions that are legal entities in their own right. a concept that many have a hard time grasping. it also suggests that if you are an academic who likes to run empirical test, you have a perfect proxy for sheer performance in the form of share price. you can measure whether governance is good or bad by simply looking at whether the stock prices went up or down. but academics are not that powerful and interest group, right? to others weighed in. two others weighed in. one was the so-called corporate raiders of the 1980's who eventually became the head funds of the 1990's. -- hedge funds. they loved shareholder value ideology. it allows them to go take stakes in companies, harassed the boards into doing things that would raise the share price in the short term, although probably hurt the companies long-term profitability and even survival a
if you are teaching a class in corporate law in a business school or a law school, or discussing corporations in an economics class, it is much easier to say these are things that are on by shareholders, than to describe what are very complex political institutions that are legal entities in their own right. a concept that many have a hard time grasping. it also suggests that if you are an academic who likes to run empirical test, you have a perfect proxy for sheer performance in the form of...
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laws. they require agencies to spend only within the program parameters that they are authorized by congress. it's also true that congress has never been able to submit a balanced budget because there's a reluctance for political reasons to raise taxes and a lot of these spending programs are popular, which is why the term of "waste, fraud, and abuse" is popular, because it sounds like there are many expensive items everybody would agree are wasteful and why don't we just eliminate them? but when it comes to them, they are somebody's baby. host: the ranking democrat in the house appropriations committee outlined these cuts. all the different programs, the domestic cuts. what happens to the appropriators in the process? guest: they are nowhere near as powerful as they used to be back in the days of lyndon johnson with the appropriators could get dams built or not in someone's district and it was done behind closed doors. host: what are the appropriators? guest: the congressional budget proce
laws. they require agencies to spend only within the program parameters that they are authorized by congress. it's also true that congress has never been able to submit a balanced budget because there's a reluctance for political reasons to raise taxes and a lot of these spending programs are popular, which is why the term of "waste, fraud, and abuse" is popular, because it sounds like there are many expensive items everybody would agree are wasteful and why don't we just eliminate...
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, lawful people will protect us where 20,000 other laws have failed. as brave and heroic and as self-sacrificing as those teachers were in those classrooms and as prompt and professional and well-trained as those police were when they responded, they were unable -- through no fault of their own -- unable to stop it. as parents we do everything we can to keep our children safe. it's now time for us to assume responsibility for our schools. the only way, the only way to stop a monster from killing our kids is to be personally involved and invested in a plan of absolute protection. the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. would you rather have your 911 call bring a good guy with a gun from a mile away or from a minute away? now, i can imagine the headlines, the shocking head headlines you'll print tomorrow. more guns, you'll claim, are the nra's answer to everything. your implication will be the guns are evil and have no place in society, much less in our schools. but since when did the gun automatically become a bad word?
, lawful people will protect us where 20,000 other laws have failed. as brave and heroic and as self-sacrificing as those teachers were in those classrooms and as prompt and professional and well-trained as those police were when they responded, they were unable -- through no fault of their own -- unable to stop it. as parents we do everything we can to keep our children safe. it's now time for us to assume responsibility for our schools. the only way, the only way to stop a monster from...
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caller: s, when you first retire, they are mandated by law -- mr. reagan and his troops, when they read it so security in 1983-1986, they came up with federal employees retirement system. they were wanting to eliminate several services altogether. that was because of the benefits. if you have $1,000 so security retirement for your benefit ♪s. ts, it would offset your benefits by $1,000 also. you're supposed to get say 1275 and you get $1,000 worth of social security, they reduce your disability retirement by $1,000. host: got it. ♪ caller it doesn't leave you a whole lot oin there. there were a lot of private, wealthy people who cut benefits to the people who are served by them and chop it up. you figure 300 different companies are running it, they are not going to be able run it efficiently and work together. guest: the caller points out that there is a lot of this dispute that has to do with the sort of basic mathematics of benefits that are going to be owed to the postal service workers that will be retiring in the next few years. really, the
caller: s, when you first retire, they are mandated by law -- mr. reagan and his troops, when they read it so security in 1983-1986, they came up with federal employees retirement system. they were wanting to eliminate several services altogether. that was because of the benefits. if you have $1,000 so security retirement for your benefit ♪s. ts, it would offset your benefits by $1,000 also. you're supposed to get say 1275 and you get $1,000 worth of social security, they reduce your...
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laws and into the hands of criminals. it is difficult to stop this. one thing we think needs to be done is have the federal government spend more time and resources to focus on this trafficking of guns. so totally agree that something needs to be done about the illegal trafficking of guns. on "fast and furious" holder made clear that he thinkings that serious mistakes were made in the investigation and it was a horrific tragedy that some of the guns they were using in the gun trafficking in mexico that was used in crimes that killed american agents. it does not appear that anything illegal was done, there were a few mistakes made, but in my view at least, ther on the general has been forthright about it. there are some in congress that try to politicize it but i think the questions have been answered. host: what is the best way to get gun lus for your own particular state? guest: generally state police will have information on their website. the brady act had factings on their website. there are other groups and their web
laws and into the hands of criminals. it is difficult to stop this. one thing we think needs to be done is have the federal government spend more time and resources to focus on this trafficking of guns. so totally agree that something needs to be done about the illegal trafficking of guns. on "fast and furious" holder made clear that he thinkings that serious mistakes were made in the investigation and it was a horrific tragedy that some of the guns they were using in the gun...
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there is a law that's been developed by commission that makes recommendations for law changes that they believe would deal with this issue if electtor people not upholding the rules they were expected to do. it hasn't been a real problem in practice because these human electors are partisans who pretty much always do exactly what they are expected. but it is one that makes people rather uncomfortable there's this possibility that they can break away from what the rules projected them to do. host: let's get a student question from purdue university and we'll go to mary washington. first, purdue. caller: steve, we have a question from hannah smith. caller: voters suppression has been a major concern. do you think the laws surrounding voter i.d. where they require photoi.d. are helping protect the legitimate i -- legitimacy of the system or depriving u.s. citizens of their right to vote? guest: in a couple stories we've seen, there have been billboards, voter fraud is a felony. many of these have been predominantly minority and low income communities suppressing the african-american and hi
there is a law that's been developed by commission that makes recommendations for law changes that they believe would deal with this issue if electtor people not upholding the rules they were expected to do. it hasn't been a real problem in practice because these human electors are partisans who pretty much always do exactly what they are expected. but it is one that makes people rather uncomfortable there's this possibility that they can break away from what the rules projected them to do....
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under current law, financial institutions are required to provide annual privacy is notices that the explain their practices. they are required to mail those notices regardless of whether or not that information sharing practice has changed. these annual mailings cost millions each year and do not provide the consumers with new information if the practice hasn't change thsmed will require an institution to provide annual privacy notices only if they have changed their privacy rules. this will eliminate an unnecessary burden for our financial institutions. i would like to thank mr. luetkemeyer and mr. sherman for their leadership on this issue and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. sherman: i thank the gentlelady from west virginia for yielding to me and i yield myself such time as i may consume in support of h.r. 5817, the eliminate privacy notify -- notice confusion act. i want to thank representative luetkemeyer for his work in introducing this bill. i've enjoyed working with him on it. mr. -- ms. speaker, this
under current law, financial institutions are required to provide annual privacy is notices that the explain their practices. they are required to mail those notices regardless of whether or not that information sharing practice has changed. these annual mailings cost millions each year and do not provide the consumers with new information if the practice hasn't change thsmed will require an institution to provide annual privacy notices only if they have changed their privacy rules. this will...
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we should look at the gun laws but also the mental health laws. connecticut has the fifth strictest gun control laws in the country. 44 states have tougher -- have looser -- have looser gun control laws, 44 states. at the same time, connecticut was one of only six states that didn't have an assisted patient treatment program which says if you're showing real signs of being a danger to yourself or others in your community, the state can't take you into custody and force you to take your medication. the extremely mentally ill are no more dangerous in the community than anyone else if they take their medication but if you don't take your medication, if you're not treated you don't have incidents like this. i think the bill before the legislateture by various doctors that said we need to be one of the states that allows involuntary mitigation and treatment. it was rejected by the acl -- aclu because of privacy concerns. what it could do is look at mental health laws which i think are woefully inadequate when compared to the other 44 states that have s
we should look at the gun laws but also the mental health laws. connecticut has the fifth strictest gun control laws in the country. 44 states have tougher -- have looser -- have looser gun control laws, 44 states. at the same time, connecticut was one of only six states that didn't have an assisted patient treatment program which says if you're showing real signs of being a danger to yourself or others in your community, the state can't take you into custody and force you to take your...
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three seconds are repealed, and signed into law. this ws never intended to become law. all of these provisions. you get this in the ws never coe -- and they went with this bill. they can't get a technical correc tion -- you can get repbublicans to weigh in, is to be determined. >> there is a provision for states to have exchanges and a plan in place and some of the republican governors who have refused these exchanges -- once it is clear the law is in effect. with the law -- there will be republican governors who will be hard pressed to say -- >> a very unpopular bill with the base. bill.s a devisivivisive it will be a challenge to make lemonade here. >> one last one. >> my question is about extremims ism in some races. the butterworth -- patrick murphy and west. how many communists do you see serving with you in the house? >> i don't think there were any, in recent history. maybe in the 1930's. i don't think anyone identified with the communist party. candidates have to be careful. you don't have a license to say anything. candidates make outrageous statements -- >> on
three seconds are repealed, and signed into law. this ws never intended to become law. all of these provisions. you get this in the ws never coe -- and they went with this bill. they can't get a technical correc tion -- you can get repbublicans to weigh in, is to be determined. >> there is a provision for states to have exchanges and a plan in place and some of the republican governors who have refused these exchanges -- once it is clear the law is in effect. with the law -- there will be...
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be law. she didn't help. >> congresswoman hirono mentioned a land reform act but that has nothing to do with the legislature to force the trust to sell their land. also she mentioned seated lands in the case. it was the same position that the governors took because i was representing all the people of hawaii. i never sold an ackker of seated land during my time in office. in fact, we transferred state lands to the department of homelands that has allowed all of the homes to be built. the reason the bill hasn't passed until now because there is been no republican in the snofment they had a democrat and they still couldn't get it passed. they need a republican member of the senate to yins force to support this bill. >> my first question to you linda is this, apart from the fact that both you and mitt romney are republicans and therefore are on the same team, i am very interested in knowing why specifically you believe mitt romney would be a better president for hawaii than president obama? >> i
be law. she didn't help. >> congresswoman hirono mentioned a land reform act but that has nothing to do with the legislature to force the trust to sell their land. also she mentioned seated lands in the case. it was the same position that the governors took because i was representing all the people of hawaii. i never sold an ackker of seated land during my time in office. in fact, we transferred state lands to the department of homelands that has allowed all of the homes to be built. the...
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law, no photo i.d. law. what does it really mean? >> but the question you should be asking -- i >> i thought i was asking the right question. >> and the question you should be asking, too, is, ok, we have a solution to something, but do we have a problem to go with the solution? >> i promised the audience a chance -- >> and statistics will say, no, we don't have a problem for some solution. >> this is close to consensus that in-person voter fraud by impersonation may well be a problem that doesn't exist. but let's let the audience have a chance to ask some questions. there's some microphones if you don't mind coming up. >> there's a lot of debate but not a lot of facts around -- >> we don't have a lot of time so let's keep the questions nice and crisp. >> there's a lot of debate but not a lot of facts about the impact of voter i.d. but having a 29 day registration deadline. do we think technology has changed enough and practices have changed enough that we can get rid of that 29-day deadline because that does stop people from casting
law, no photo i.d. law. what does it really mean? >> but the question you should be asking -- i >> i thought i was asking the right question. >> and the question you should be asking, too, is, ok, we have a solution to something, but do we have a problem to go with the solution? >> i promised the audience a chance -- >> and statistics will say, no, we don't have a problem for some solution. >> this is close to consensus that in-person voter fraud by...
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understand what is law and what is rule of law? why should he meant to deal with each other in this way? -- humans deal with each other in this way? they know they cannot be influenced. in my family, when i was fighting with my parents, i could not win because they were my parents. what kind of steps will you allow ordinary people to understand the rule of law? why do we need a rule of law? >> keep doing what you are doing. keep doing it. sandra o'connor, one of my colleagues, feels very strongly about the fact that teenagers and high-school students are not learning civics. they do not know how the government of the united states works. she's been a lot of for time trying to develop programs on computers, television, that you can send into the classrooms. none of us thinks the rule of law is the american system in its entirety. we think the fact that people will apply and follow a rule of law is one thing that we think -- i think -- and is a national treasure. it is a treasure that has developed over many, many, many years with ma
understand what is law and what is rule of law? why should he meant to deal with each other in this way? -- humans deal with each other in this way? they know they cannot be influenced. in my family, when i was fighting with my parents, i could not win because they were my parents. what kind of steps will you allow ordinary people to understand the rule of law? why do we need a rule of law? >> keep doing what you are doing. keep doing it. sandra o'connor, one of my colleagues, feels very...
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another time david asked, and that he had a law degree, could you please write my will. mitt took his pen and paper, and they sat down, and david wanted to make sure that his rifle got to his brother, his skateboard back to his friend, and he wanted to say that he wanted to be buried in his boy scout uniform. wow. mitt wrote that well, got itself, and david had one final request, after they developed this french, and he asked, would he please give the eulogy at his funeral. that is the kind of man that i know is going to be sitting in that office in the white house. we are at this point now where " the five days out. early voting has started. we need you to encourage those people to boat ride a bike and i get it done, make sure that ohio makes the decision here, in ohio. with clear eyes and a full heart. we will tell america that this is our choice, this is the pat forward with the person who will bring the change that is desperately needed in washington. that change and that office will be held by the next president is named will be mitt romney. god bless you all for co
another time david asked, and that he had a law degree, could you please write my will. mitt took his pen and paper, and they sat down, and david wanted to make sure that his rifle got to his brother, his skateboard back to his friend, and he wanted to say that he wanted to be buried in his boy scout uniform. wow. mitt wrote that well, got itself, and david had one final request, after they developed this french, and he asked, would he please give the eulogy at his funeral. that is the kind of...
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the united states constitution federal law and ohio law all recalled this group as individuals who will organize themselves as the ohio college of electoral, according to the ohio revised code. it specifies the secretary of state shall convene the electoral college. so i will now pass the gavel back to the secretary of state, n hustend.john jews d -- husted. >> thank you, congresswoman- elect beatty. one of the traditions of democracy is the orderly transition of power, or in this case, the retention of its. this orderly transition of power, particularly as it relates to the power of the presidency, makes america great and unique. it is a tradition that has withstood the test of time and is an honor for me and for all of us to play our role in this perspective chapter of our state's and haitian's history. as required by law, all public tours have been notified of the time and place of this meeting. electors had until noon to appear at this meeting of the electoral college, and it should reflect that the time now is 12:12 pm therefore, the first order of official business will be to e th
the united states constitution federal law and ohio law all recalled this group as individuals who will organize themselves as the ohio college of electoral, according to the ohio revised code. it specifies the secretary of state shall convene the electoral college. so i will now pass the gavel back to the secretary of state, n hustend.john jews d -- husted. >> thank you, congresswoman- elect beatty. one of the traditions of democracy is the orderly transition of power, or in this case,...
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her determination and dedication are inspiring and when katie's law is signed into law, and it will be, it will be a testament to her work and her love for her daughter. mr. speaker, i urge the house to pass katie's law and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i yield four minutes to the gentleman from new mexico, mr. pearce. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new mexico is recognized for four minutes. mr. pearce: i thank the gentleman from texas for yielding and i thank the gentleman from california, mr. schiff, for his leadership on this. i rise in strong support of h.r. 6014 today. katie sepich, her picture her here, tells us a lot. she was fun-loving, vibrant, outgoing. she was a leader in our age group. she made things happen. katie, beginning in january of 2002, was in her last year of grad school. during that year, in one of the last conversations with her daughter, her mom asked her daughter the same question that many of us receive from our parents. wha
her determination and dedication are inspiring and when katie's law is signed into law, and it will be, it will be a testament to her work and her love for her daughter. mr. speaker, i urge the house to pass katie's law and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i yield four minutes to the gentleman from new mexico, mr. pearce. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new mexico...
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law ought to be administered as efficiently as possible. that's why i rise in support of h.r. 6371 and thank the gentleman from michigan for introducing the bill. does the gentleman have additional speakers? >> mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i yield myself the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> mr. speaker, the american people expect us to do all we can to promote greater efficiency within the federal government. washington allocates hundreds of billions of dollars each year on construction projects. mr. walberg: affecting the lives, workers and employers across the country. we should never allow unnecessary bureaucracy to squander taxpayer resources or stand between workers and the wages that they have earned. i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 6371, the streamlining claims processing for federal contractor employees act, and yie
law ought to be administered as efficiently as possible. that's why i rise in support of h.r. 6371 and thank the gentleman from michigan for introducing the bill. does the gentleman have additional speakers? >> mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i yield myself the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the...
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again, the laws of part of this but they are not the only part of this. -- gun laws are part of this but not the only part of this. as anyone who is truly an expert on these issues can tell you. but he will -- and i will cite him again from last night -- will engaged in an effort in the coming weeks to bring an array of people in the american public and move forward in this effort to try to prevent these tragedies from happening again. there is no single legislation, no single bill that has been written, that has been enacted and inspired that alone solved this problem. that is why you have to take a broader approach. >> over the weekend, through conversations on the hill and this building, it has been suggested to many of us that some genuine progress has been achieved on the fiscal cliff. that things are not where they were a week ago, either atmospherically -- broadly speaking, would you agree that this process is in a different place than it was a week ago, and, not predicting anything of the future, that is a connecticut number of issues have been at least dealt with and we may
again, the laws of part of this but they are not the only part of this. -- gun laws are part of this but not the only part of this. as anyone who is truly an expert on these issues can tell you. but he will -- and i will cite him again from last night -- will engaged in an effort in the coming weeks to bring an array of people in the american public and move forward in this effort to try to prevent these tragedies from happening again. there is no single legislation, no single bill that has...
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there is no monetary benefit to the state when we do that because of the laws of mining, we will not be able to get anything there. i am surprised you would risk putting 25 million people at risk by potentially contaminating their water. we know this is true. i am concerned you would jeopardize 25 million people and the water here by really aggressively trying to move legislation to allow uranium mining. it is not just me. the arizona republic, the arizona daily star, the sun said your actions were shameless and irresponsible. i think that is something you need to deal with. >> i am concerned that my opponent does not seem to understand arizona geography. we are talking about mining in the arizona strip, not the grand canyon. i am trying to protect the bipartisan agreement called the arizona wilderness act that was negotiated by barry goldwater on one side, the sierra club on one side, the chamber of commerce on the other, that protected the grand canyon and also recognize we would need economic activity in the arizona strip. that is what i am trying to protect. geography. apparently
there is no monetary benefit to the state when we do that because of the laws of mining, we will not be able to get anything there. i am surprised you would risk putting 25 million people at risk by potentially contaminating their water. we know this is true. i am concerned you would jeopardize 25 million people and the water here by really aggressively trying to move legislation to allow uranium mining. it is not just me. the arizona republic, the arizona daily star, the sun said your actions...
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guest: i did not know what voter suppression laws he is talking about. we should have free elections. i do not think showing voter id to vote -- i think people should have to show an id to vote. there is nothing wrong with that. what bothers me about his call is, why does everything come back to race? stop it. just focus on, all of us are americans. we have the greatest nation on earth. why is it all about race? it is ridiculous. we need to stop that. i totally disagree with his comments. it is frustrating. host: we have been tw -- have a tweet from victoria. amy kremer says president obama does not love america the way we do. do you think the president is not a patriot? guest: the present set in 2008 that he wants to fundamentally change america. -- the president said in 2008 that he wants to fundamentally change america. he was to change us into a european, a socialist country. if we do not rein in spending, we are going to be greece. i do not think he believes in capitalism. why would he wants to fundamentally change america it? we are the greatest na
guest: i did not know what voter suppression laws he is talking about. we should have free elections. i do not think showing voter id to vote -- i think people should have to show an id to vote. there is nothing wrong with that. what bothers me about his call is, why does everything come back to race? stop it. just focus on, all of us are americans. we have the greatest nation on earth. why is it all about race? it is ridiculous. we need to stop that. i totally disagree with his comments. it is...
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i went to law school. , when i got 1980's out of law school and was going around to law firms, even at that point, there were not many women in law firms. people would sit me down and and understand that if we take you into this law firm, you will have to try cases? [laughter] that is what i've wanted to do. i had partners and clients tell me, that was not the team i expected, meaning they did not know there would be a lady lawyer on the case. throughout my career, i have been interested in how to change things for the better, and i have been very fortunate to have lots of opportunities to serve. >> you mentioned your mother. she died when you were -- >> 17. >> and she was such a force in your life. how did that affect you? >> good and bad. it made me very strong, in a way, because it made it clear that i had no one to depend on but me. >> were you the oldest? >> i was the metal. i had two brothers. in that sense, it made me tough at an early age. at the same time, there were a lot of things i wanted to get done in life, and it made me very driven to succeed. >> if you were a man in yo
i went to law school. , when i got 1980's out of law school and was going around to law firms, even at that point, there were not many women in law firms. people would sit me down and and understand that if we take you into this law firm, you will have to try cases? [laughter] that is what i've wanted to do. i had partners and clients tell me, that was not the team i expected, meaning they did not know there would be a lady lawyer on the case. throughout my career, i have been interested in how...
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would you support a repeal of that law? >> i did it would be a great benefit to the people of connecticut the state of to the trees. it seems like almost every other week we are picking up -- deserve to hear the truth. it seems like almost every other week we are speaking of these ads and they are misleading. i am proud to be running on tv right now and talking about my job record and the work i have done to create jobs with the building of a new rail line and how i have been able to put it is back on a job -- teachers back on the job. i also understand i have to talk about where linda mcmahon aren't different. -- are different. people need to know that i support a woman's right to choose. linda mcmahon sides with the right wing. i do think we need to tell the story. ultimately, something else besides the amount of money they need to run in a campaign, obviously, in the end, it is not the tv commercials that will win out, but our ideas and values that we hold. people will see that. i am proud to talk about my record on tv,
would you support a repeal of that law? >> i did it would be a great benefit to the people of connecticut the state of to the trees. it seems like almost every other week we are picking up -- deserve to hear the truth. it seems like almost every other week we are speaking of these ads and they are misleading. i am proud to be running on tv right now and talking about my job record and the work i have done to create jobs with the building of a new rail line and how i have been able to put...
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they're going to follow law. they're going to submit to the local officials. the put these in the trash can. this was a case that the local election officials eventually ended up with the state board of elections calling for the attorney general to do an investigation. many have these on both sides of the aisle. i think there are very eager. i think with our specific guidelines we are able to reduce a lot of those issues to a minimum. why do i tell you this tax one of the reasons why virginia and other states are looking at online registration is it takes fact that there may be a duplicate or your name is misspelled incorrectly. i think one reason we have looked at on land registration it allows the voters, if it will help them reduce the mistakes they make, it will reduce mistakes election officials make. it will also increase the integrity of the boat tour rolls. there was some discussion about access vs [inaudible] many in the country have some problems. local and state officials have come to love this system. it is in desperate need of being upgraded. we c
they're going to follow law. they're going to submit to the local officials. the put these in the trash can. this was a case that the local election officials eventually ended up with the state board of elections calling for the attorney general to do an investigation. many have these on both sides of the aisle. i think there are very eager. i think with our specific guidelines we are able to reduce a lot of those issues to a minimum. why do i tell you this tax one of the reasons why virginia...
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but i still respect the law. i have no litmus test and i don't think i'm in a position of saying who i don't think ought to be on that court. i think that's not very respectful. i would like to see our own governor be a supreme court justice. i think he would be an incredible supreme court justice. >> obviously we the rule of law and the constitution in the country and we look at our nominees who would best stand up and support the constitution of the united states. that's exactly what i will do. that's what i would have done had i been in the united states senate before this and that's what i will continue to do when i am a member of the united states senate if i am lucky enough to win this election. >> have you the next question and it is on medicare. you voted twice for the paul ryan budget and it would have eliminated the current system of medicare for those 55 years and younger. how do you explain to a 55-year-old that in ten years he or she is going to have to come up with an additional $6400 to pay for med
but i still respect the law. i have no litmus test and i don't think i'm in a position of saying who i don't think ought to be on that court. i think that's not very respectful. i would like to see our own governor be a supreme court justice. i think he would be an incredible supreme court justice. >> obviously we the rule of law and the constitution in the country and we look at our nominees who would best stand up and support the constitution of the united states. that's exactly what i...
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>> a law degree give you a license, kind of a monopoly on the practice of law. it's supposed to be an honored profession. if you are not satisfied with merely turning over a bus, you know it is something special and you know it to your community to use your talent to help make things a little better for others. i think a lawyer who commits herself to public service to make a living and to remember that people who desperately need it representation and will not have a, she care. i do not think someone who says i will do my job and collect my fees and and not interested in the rest of the world -- i do not consider that person a true professional. >> we will do our best. i cannot think you enough. this has been delightful and a treat for everyone here. let's all thank you for your time. [applause] c-span[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> coming up on c-span, business leaders and economists on on jupiter leadership and its impact on the economy. then middle of honor winners talk about
>> a law degree give you a license, kind of a monopoly on the practice of law. it's supposed to be an honored profession. if you are not satisfied with merely turning over a bus, you know it is something special and you know it to your community to use your talent to help make things a little better for others. i think a lawyer who commits herself to public service to make a living and to remember that people who desperately need it representation and will not have a, she care. i do not...
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there is a " that may be miss attributed that says, you may not be interested in law, but law is interested in you. we may not be focused on the economy, but the middle east including its laws are interested in us. our transition out of iraq has led to a perception in some circles that the united states is withdrawing from the region. this is not true. we are building up just on the military side. -- their defense and other support for israel. missile defense systems in turkey. a very strong development of coalition defense capabilities in the gulf and continued operations against al qaeda. that is one of the first things that the obama administration will have to do is deal with the perception that on the military side we are pulling out. we are not, but the perception is out there. as dennis said, iran is critical. he went to the main reasons why iran is so focused on our attention are why we have some much attention on it. i would like to add that in looking at the depth of the problem with iran, its impact on non-proliferation, regional stability, oil markets, the world economy, which i
there is a " that may be miss attributed that says, you may not be interested in law, but law is interested in you. we may not be focused on the economy, but the middle east including its laws are interested in us. our transition out of iraq has led to a perception in some circles that the united states is withdrawing from the region. this is not true. we are building up just on the military side. -- their defense and other support for israel. missile defense systems in turkey. a very...
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so many people in the process having to make decision about how to implement the healthcare reform law including the insurance companies and governors and exchanges and i think the interests who want to proceed, i think there will be tremendous pressure to put your head down and implement change and make it a point of progress. it may be very hard to come back to obama care. it came out of this much more popular even in our polling on obama care in the electorate that voted. and i think it will be an issue of the past as it gets implemented. >> we have a fiscal cliff that has to be addressed or there's $1.5 trillion in cuts that get repealed because the bill was written that way. so the question becomes what they do about it and they have to do something abet or we're going to be in another recession and taxes are going to go up for everybody and nobody wants to see everybody pay more in taxes. >> let me tell the audience if you want to send me your prediction go to the website and send me an e-mail, because i'm interested not only what people are saying in washington but what people a
so many people in the process having to make decision about how to implement the healthcare reform law including the insurance companies and governors and exchanges and i think the interests who want to proceed, i think there will be tremendous pressure to put your head down and implement change and make it a point of progress. it may be very hard to come back to obama care. it came out of this much more popular even in our polling on obama care in the electorate that voted. and i think it will...
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we may not be able to stop every crime, we know that no single law or set of laws can prevent every act of senseless violence in our society, but we have the ability and the no-how to prevent many of them. we must simply find the courage. we can no longer be bystanders to injustice. we cannot continue to look on and do nothing. as shakespeare said, the fault lies not within our stars but in ourselves. we must act. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington, mr. mcdermott, for five minutes. mr. mcdermott: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. mcdermott: madam speaker, the bible says that by their deeds ye shall know them. and this congress should pay heed to that message. this week we are mourning 20 children, buried in newtown, connecticut, the president is right when he says, we have seen this too many times before and since then. about this time 24 years ago i was sworn into the congress. two weeks later five children were kille
we may not be able to stop every crime, we know that no single law or set of laws can prevent every act of senseless violence in our society, but we have the ability and the no-how to prevent many of them. we must simply find the courage. we can no longer be bystanders to injustice. we cannot continue to look on and do nothing. as shakespeare said, the fault lies not within our stars but in ourselves. we must act. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the chair...
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guest: this relates to another piece of the law. which did reduce payments to medicare advantaged plans. these are private plans that offer coverage to the medicare program -- through the medicare program. -- whether or not those plans remain available to consumers, i think it is going to be a decision that will be up to those private plans. in this case, the kaiser plan you are enrolled with. there is no indication that those plans are going to drop coverage or that there will be significant plans leaving the editor of beverage market. -- medicare advantage market. would have to see how all of this evolves. -- we would have to see how all of this evolves. i do not think that consumers -- medicare advantage enrolees -- enrollees should be particularly concerned at this point. any directions should be -- any questions should be directed -- directed to the medicare advantage plans. host: how will the exchange coverage applied to the federal government versus state exchanges in case you move? explained u.s. -- explain to -- people who
guest: this relates to another piece of the law. which did reduce payments to medicare advantaged plans. these are private plans that offer coverage to the medicare program -- through the medicare program. -- whether or not those plans remain available to consumers, i think it is going to be a decision that will be up to those private plans. in this case, the kaiser plan you are enrolled with. there is no indication that those plans are going to drop coverage or that there will be significant...
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what if we moved the world toward open market access, robust competition will of law? it was not easy. it took years. i watched as my boss worked tirelessly with vice president gore. the result, 69 nations representing over 90% of the world palmate -- telecommunications revenues signed an agreement in early 1997 committing to open, private markets and competition in rule of law. the agreement and the private market competition launched, helped spur, in the year this that followed, trillions of dollars in new investments in infrastructure and telecommunications around the world and helped spur a huge, historically unprecedented, wave of world wide communications technology innovation, mobil and internet. global access to communications service rose in the years following that agreement, especially for mobile services in developing countries that took the opportunity to leapfrog past wired networks. between 2001 and 200011, mobile phone adoption increase globally from 15% to 83%. the u.s. benefited from this global growth. u.s. exports and heat -- in information and comm
what if we moved the world toward open market access, robust competition will of law? it was not easy. it took years. i watched as my boss worked tirelessly with vice president gore. the result, 69 nations representing over 90% of the world palmate -- telecommunications revenues signed an agreement in early 1997 committing to open, private markets and competition in rule of law. the agreement and the private market competition launched, helped spur, in the year this that followed, trillions of...
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, my brother-in-law, and my sister-in-law who carried this campaign across this country and stepped-up fermi and -- who sought the up for me from mothers to try to put us down. [cheers and applause] i want to thank the people of this wonderful small state. [cheers and applause] time after time, when this campaign was about to be counted out, the arkansas travelers exploded out of this state around the country to tell the people the truth about what we have done here together, how we have pulled together, what we believe in, and what we can do as a nation. i have the best staff and cabinet you can imagine. it kept this state together. even when we were not here, we continue to lead the country in keeping taxes down and polling americans together and show what we can do if the nation pulls together and move forward, too. [cheers and applause] i want to thank the people who were in that infamous group the the friends of bill. i will never forget you. i want to thank the people in the new democratic party headed by air chairman ron brown, the new members of congress, the new blood, the new
, my brother-in-law, and my sister-in-law who carried this campaign across this country and stepped-up fermi and -- who sought the up for me from mothers to try to put us down. [cheers and applause] i want to thank the people of this wonderful small state. [cheers and applause] time after time, when this campaign was about to be counted out, the arkansas travelers exploded out of this state around the country to tell the people the truth about what we have done here together, how we have pulled...
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the law was changed to include the vice president. lucy did not get her day free from the secret service. >> anything but not that. you have both had many unique experiences. i believe the only prom held in the white house and a few weddings. >> it was very exciting. the previous a big wedding was longworth. princess alice they called her. in our day, she was the cat's meow. she had a pillow that says if you do not have anything nice to say about anybody, come and sit next to me. [laughter] she was wonderful to listen to as long as she was not telling you anything bad about you. she came to our wedding. she was fascinating. imagine teddy roosevelt's daughter. talk about a rebel. suzanne and i were just pussycats. her father said, you may not smoke under my roof. so she smoked on the roof. [laughter] she has a little green snake that was called emily spinach, which he put on her shoulder. mind you, you are talking about 1910 or 1908, that time. she was really something. of course i thought she was a great role model. >> i get a note fr
the law was changed to include the vice president. lucy did not get her day free from the secret service. >> anything but not that. you have both had many unique experiences. i believe the only prom held in the white house and a few weddings. >> it was very exciting. the previous a big wedding was longworth. princess alice they called her. in our day, she was the cat's meow. she had a pillow that says if you do not have anything nice to say about anybody, come and sit next to me....
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codification laws do not make any substantive changes to existing law. industries, government agencies, and interested parties commented on the draft of h.r. 6602 before its consideration today. i'm confident this bill will improve our legislative codification system and i encourage my colleagues to support the bill. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. conyers: thank you. h.r. 6602 makes revisions in title 36 united states code that are necessary to keep the title current as well as to make technical directions and improvements. h.r. 6602 was prepared by the office of the law revision counsel as part of its ongoing responsibility under 2 u.s.c. section 285-b to prepare and submit to the committee on the judiciary committee -- judiciary one title at a time a complete compilation restatement and revision of the general and permanent laws of th
codification laws do not make any substantive changes to existing law. industries, government agencies, and interested parties commented on the draft of h.r. 6602 before its consideration today. i'm confident this bill will improve our legislative codification system and i encourage my colleagues to support the bill. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume....
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the window is narrower now as a result of a change in state law. we do not have registration by party, so when trying to figure out who is winning the early vote, it is more difficult. the early vote will be significant. >> are voters required to show a photo id? >> on the republicans after they took power in 2010, they tried to do that, but it was held up in court. they will not be required to show i.d. in this election. >> when it comes to how votes i tabulated, what systems are in place and what is used at the state level to make sure those systems are working? >> the optical standard is used in wisconsin. it has proven to be a reliable system and has held up in some lead counsel have had. that is from the virtue of being easy to administer and preserving a paper record. we have had some close elections and we have had controversies and debates over the voting system and the integrity of the election. i am short those will continue. if it is a close election in 2012 like it was in 2004 and 2000 when the margin for president was under 0.5%. >> do
the window is narrower now as a result of a change in state law. we do not have registration by party, so when trying to figure out who is winning the early vote, it is more difficult. the early vote will be significant. >> are voters required to show a photo id? >> on the republicans after they took power in 2010, they tried to do that, but it was held up in court. they will not be required to show i.d. in this election. >> when it comes to how votes i tabulated, what systems...
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get rid of the debt ceiling law. we need some form of budget rule to make sure that some discipline going toward. >> structure. >> yes, structure. we need to show people that we will stick to this plan. >> thank you. >> thank you very much for being here. i appreciate your testimony. dr. hassett, dr. zandi has indicated that he inks the debt limit crisis we had in august 2011 was bad for the economy and the country and that we should avoid it for the future. do you agree with that? >> first, yes. i think the best testament of this has been done by co- authors who have a very cool index of economic uncertainty. it is a very innovative paper. they estimated that the debt limit struggle probably subtracted about 1.5% from gdp growth during that summer when it was happening egos of the uncertainty and inactivity that was caused by levels of uncertainty. each time we go through that, there are consequences. i would like to add if that is what it takes to get spending under control, we need to concede that in the long run
get rid of the debt ceiling law. we need some form of budget rule to make sure that some discipline going toward. >> structure. >> yes, structure. we need to show people that we will stick to this plan. >> thank you. >> thank you very much for being here. i appreciate your testimony. dr. hassett, dr. zandi has indicated that he inks the debt limit crisis we had in august 2011 was bad for the economy and the country and that we should avoid it for the future. do you agree...
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we follow the law. i'm a lawyer. we try to follow the law. we do. these people who work for us are good people in family people. the idea that we would split them up, some children have been born here. ththey are citizens. yet it is but thto split them ut get any support of me. >> to you think it has become a back burner problem? >> i think we have scare people. you're not going to get support for me to split up families. that is not happen. >> let's open up the conversation to the issue of immigration. bush and mccain teamed up with ted kennedy and came up with a proposal. we came to the floor. we debated. we said we are not ready for prime time. instead we focus on securing our borders. we made a decision to find a secure our borders. that is what we have done. when this election is over you have a new president and congress to revisit this issue. this on president has used his own powers to send kids under the age of 16, if they stayed out of trouble and they're not guilty of crimes and they're trying to get an education, they can stay for -- can
we follow the law. i'm a lawyer. we try to follow the law. we do. these people who work for us are good people in family people. the idea that we would split them up, some children have been born here. ththey are citizens. yet it is but thto split them ut get any support of me. >> to you think it has become a back burner problem? >> i think we have scare people. you're not going to get support for me to split up families. that is not happen. >> let's open up the conversation...
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law we're going to see folks testing the bound as tends to be the case with finances law and the law of lobbying disclosure act going forward >>> and i think we're going to see digital grass roots what the obama campaign did in its get out the vote efforts which i assume you've covered in the program but was groundbreaking and was the difference for them certainly from a technical get out to vote perspective on election day. >> thank you. i would agree with much of what he just said. i think sometimes people look for the silver bullet. like we just had this election so i should go put all my resources into the internet or the hispanic commuent or this or. that and the reality is i think when you're doing advocacy in a big congress and have you divide government you have to do everything. d a campaign and you have to do good boots on the ground lobbying and advocacy and you vo to do communications and you have to figure out within communications what are the new things going on and how are people getting information and how st. the political world changing and do we have to play with
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but it is not really clear whether those laws are constitutional. host: what if they become split as far as the electors are concerned? guest: suppose maryland, a safely democratic state, votes for barack obama. in voting for barack obama, those voters are selecting a slate of directors pledged to barack obama. so there would not be any split when they actually meet in the state capital. host: dan on the independent line. caller: i will be voting today, but i think i will be voting the way i have never voted in the past. that is with no confidence. it is no confidence in our national presidential elections. and i will tell you why. over the last three cycles, we have turned from a country that kind of paid attention to our exit poll data and, through the elections, it would be released and they would always scientifically used -- you could determine the winner. we use exit polls and other countries to make sure that they are holding good and non-frontal elections. and now we have turned this into a system where these paid exit polls are not released
but it is not really clear whether those laws are constitutional. host: what if they become split as far as the electors are concerned? guest: suppose maryland, a safely democratic state, votes for barack obama. in voting for barack obama, those voters are selecting a slate of directors pledged to barack obama. so there would not be any split when they actually meet in the state capital. host: dan on the independent line. caller: i will be voting today, but i think i will be voting the way i...
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so why pass a law that won't fix it? now, what it really boils down to is can you live -- we have become so preoccupied with the rights of the criminal that we've forgotten the rights of the innocent. and in our country we have evolved to a point where we've put millions of innocent people in jail because you go to the poor neighborhoods and they put bars on their windows and bars on their doors and put themselves in jail to protect the things that they're acquired legitimately. that's where we are. we have got to become more concerned about people who play by the rules and get the balance we require. this is going to take first building a consensus in grass- roots america, right from the bottom up the american people have got to say they want it. and at that point, we can pick from a variety of plans and develop new plans, and the way you get things done is bury yourselves in a room with one another, put together the best program, take it to the american people, use the electronic town hall -- the kind of thing you're d
so why pass a law that won't fix it? now, what it really boils down to is can you live -- we have become so preoccupied with the rights of the criminal that we've forgotten the rights of the innocent. and in our country we have evolved to a point where we've put millions of innocent people in jail because you go to the poor neighborhoods and they put bars on their windows and bars on their doors and put themselves in jail to protect the things that they're acquired legitimately. that's where we...
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laws? do you have them? guest: >> there is some controversy. the legislature passed a voter law that require people to swear that they would, if they were going to vote in a certain town, that they would pay taxes and registration fees for their cars in the town. this was appealed and the state supreme court has put that on hold. right now, some of our voters are confused about those issues going into tuesday. host: neil levesque is the executive director at st. anselm college cost new hampshire institute of politics. if you would like to join the conversation, the numbers are on your screen. also, the sake tweet at twitter, @cspanwj, send us an email, jounral@c-span.org. we also have a special line set for new hampshire residents. we want to hear from you during this next hour and a half conversation on the battleground state of new hampshire. neil levesque, let's talk about election night. what will you be watching for? guest: i will be looking at the cities of nashua and areas along the border of massachusetts, but also towns such as rochest
laws? do you have them? guest: >> there is some controversy. the legislature passed a voter law that require people to swear that they would, if they were going to vote in a certain town, that they would pay taxes and registration fees for their cars in the town. this was appealed and the state supreme court has put that on hold. right now, some of our voters are confused about those issues going into tuesday. host: neil levesque is the executive director at st. anselm college cost new...
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what we're trying to extend is the law that president obama signed into law as a result of bipartisan action two years ago because two years ago, and the economy was better then than it is now, we were trying to extend the tax cuts that president obama was asking us to do and that's what we simply did in august. so it is a president obama last signed bill that we are trying to offer an extension of. i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from minnesota, mr. wauleds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. waums: thank you mr. speaker. -- mr. walz: thank you mechanic. -- mr. speaker. my discharge petition at the zesk a discharge petition the american people spoke loudly in. we faced an election and the message is clear to me, why do you continue to bicker and make these ka bouquet dance statements with one another when it shouldn't be that difficult. we came out of a constitutional convention, when i asked james madison what the secret to thi
what we're trying to extend is the law that president obama signed into law as a result of bipartisan action two years ago because two years ago, and the economy was better then than it is now, we were trying to extend the tax cuts that president obama was asking us to do and that's what we simply did in august. so it is a president obama last signed bill that we are trying to offer an extension of. i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: mr....
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but we're also a nation of laws. so what i've said is we need to fix a broken immigration system and i've done everything that i can on my own and sought cooperation from congress to make sure that we fix the system. the first thing we did was to streamline the legal immigration system, to reduce the backlog, make it easier, simpler and cheaper for people who are waiting in line, obeying the law to make sure that they can come here and contribute to our country and that's good for our economic growth. they'll start new businesses. they'll make things happen to create jobs here in the united states. number two, we do have to deal with our border so we put more border patrol on the -- any time in history and the flow of undocumented works across the border is actually lower than it's been in 40 years. what i've also said is if we're going to go after folks who are here illegally, we should do it smartly and go after folks who are criminals, gang bangers, people who are hurting the community, not after students, not aft
but we're also a nation of laws. so what i've said is we need to fix a broken immigration system and i've done everything that i can on my own and sought cooperation from congress to make sure that we fix the system. the first thing we did was to streamline the legal immigration system, to reduce the backlog, make it easier, simpler and cheaper for people who are waiting in line, obeying the law to make sure that they can come here and contribute to our country and that's good for our economic...
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there's rampant violation of the law. there is lackluster enforcement, families are torn apart, and what's before us regardless of the merits which we'll get into in a moment, clearly does not address the problems in our immigration system. whether this bill becomes law or not, our immigration system will continue to have problems or will continue to be over 10 million people here in violation of the law, many working illegally. in some cases taking jobs away from american citizens. so instead of a solution, we have a bill before us that asks taos weigh two goals of our immigration policy, in many ways against one another. now, there might very well be room for a noncontroversial immigration bill that catches up and includes some of the less controversial provisions including a stem program and there could very well be room for that sort of comprehensive imdepration reform and i support and am a co-spon so far -- co-sponsor of the idea act which does that. i tried to amend into this bill, allow for the consideration of th
there's rampant violation of the law. there is lackluster enforcement, families are torn apart, and what's before us regardless of the merits which we'll get into in a moment, clearly does not address the problems in our immigration system. whether this bill becomes law or not, our immigration system will continue to have problems or will continue to be over 10 million people here in violation of the law, many working illegally. in some cases taking jobs away from american citizens. so instead...
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jobs in the economy. >> one of them is done laws. you say you support reasonable gun laws. how about a federal ban on assault weapons? to go this ended and was not renewed because there was a thought it was not working. certainly we have to look at other ways to reduce gun violence. i work with mayor bloomberg and mayor's against illegal guns. we look at the gun violence in new york city and what they have been able to do. certainly i support trying to make sure we close the gun the whole loop loss. look at back round checks to make sure that happen more efficiently and effectively. i am pleased to say the illinois council on gun violence will be giving the award in september. -- in december. >> we are seeing too much violence happening in our cities, communities. we need to reinstate the weapons ban that expired in 2004. we need to be and large-scale magazines that allows someone to go into a theater in pilaf 30 rounds in a minute. you talk about it but are not willing to put action behind it. this is what you've done in congress. when you vote against the environment. >>
jobs in the economy. >> one of them is done laws. you say you support reasonable gun laws. how about a federal ban on assault weapons? to go this ended and was not renewed because there was a thought it was not working. certainly we have to look at other ways to reduce gun violence. i work with mayor bloomberg and mayor's against illegal guns. we look at the gun violence in new york city and what they have been able to do. certainly i support trying to make sure we close the gun the whole...
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in law. that is the ruling principle of american freedom, the source of our democratic liberty. i try to make it my guide tour of this contest as it has guided america's deliberations of all the complex issues of the past five weeks. the u.s. supreme court has spoken. let there be no doubt. while i strongly disagree with the court's decision, i except at -- except it. i accept the finality of this outcome which will be ratified in the electoral college. for the sake of unity, i offer my concession. i also accept my responsibility which i will discharge unconditionally to honor the new president-elect and do everything possible to help him bring americans together in fulfillment of the great vision that our declaration of independence defiance and that our constitution affirms and fans. let me say how grateful i am to all those who supported me and supported the cause for which we have fought. we feel a deep gratitude to joe lieberman who brought passion and high purpose to our partnership and
in law. that is the ruling principle of american freedom, the source of our democratic liberty. i try to make it my guide tour of this contest as it has guided america's deliberations of all the complex issues of the past five weeks. the u.s. supreme court has spoken. let there be no doubt. while i strongly disagree with the court's decision, i except at -- except it. i accept the finality of this outcome which will be ratified in the electoral college. for the sake of unity, i offer my...
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because actually, by law, by law, the secret service have to protect the president, first lady, and the family. and in our date -- daddy was vice president, and that is when they changed the law. imagine what it would have been like if they had not changed the law. at that time, it was just the president. and the law was changed to include the vice president. imagine what it would have been like in dallas. but lucy did not get her day free from the secret service. >> she could get almost anything but not that. you had many unique experiences. i believe the only prom held in the white house and one of the very few weddings. >> it was very exciting. as a matter of fact, the previous big wedding was alice longworth. princess alice, they called her. in our day, she was the cat's meow in washington. she said -- she had a palo that said if you do not have anything nice to say to anybody, come and sit next to me. [laughter] she was wonderful to listen to as long as she wasn't saying anything bad about you. but she came to our wedding. i mean, she was fascinating. imagine, teddy roosevelt's dau
because actually, by law, by law, the secret service have to protect the president, first lady, and the family. and in our date -- daddy was vice president, and that is when they changed the law. imagine what it would have been like if they had not changed the law. at that time, it was just the president. and the law was changed to include the vice president. imagine what it would have been like in dallas. but lucy did not get her day free from the secret service. >> she could get almost...
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would you have signed the lily ledbetter equal pay law? no answer. he could not even say whether he would sign a law that is already on the books. why? no, what he wants to do is convince the moderate voters that he is a new man without explicitly disemboweling a single solitary commitment he made in the two years he said he was severe conservative mitt romney. now, he says i know people are upset, i know the economy is not back, and he discovered that middle-class incomes were flat and declining against inflation. anybody that has been paying attention has known that for more than 30 years. the only time middle-class incomes rose as much as the income of the top 20% is when i was president. i know about that. [applause] so, you have a decision to make. ohio has a decision to make. so, i just want to review the bidding here. in the last 51 years, 52 years, the democrats have had the white house 24 years. the republicans, 28 years. the economy has produced 66 million private sector jobs, not government jobs. they have actually equal bosnian government
would you have signed the lily ledbetter equal pay law? no answer. he could not even say whether he would sign a law that is already on the books. why? no, what he wants to do is convince the moderate voters that he is a new man without explicitly disemboweling a single solitary commitment he made in the two years he said he was severe conservative mitt romney. now, he says i know people are upset, i know the economy is not back, and he discovered that middle-class incomes were flat and...
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it is a blueprint, but it doesn't have the force of law. yet passed the budget control and, signed by the president of the eds states to drop $2.50 trillion. he says that we did not pass the budget but the budget control light, which has the force of law and cut $2 trillion, is making a difference in getting our budget under control. i would add that i was part of the budget in the 1990's when we got to the budget surplus. i did not vote for the war or the tax cuts for the rich. with the giveaways to the drug companies that blow a hole in the budget. we had the biggest budget surplus to the biggest budget deficit in 2008. >> so you believe the senate is doing their job? >> i think that they did the right thing in the budget control act. this includes revenue and going after these tax loopholes. the politicians who signed the pledge to the lobbyists grover norquist -- >> i will give you 60 seconds to respond. >> sitting around your kitchen tables you can't go three months without managing your finances. you can't go three weeks without manag
it is a blueprint, but it doesn't have the force of law. yet passed the budget control and, signed by the president of the eds states to drop $2.50 trillion. he says that we did not pass the budget but the budget control light, which has the force of law and cut $2 trillion, is making a difference in getting our budget under control. i would add that i was part of the budget in the 1990's when we got to the budget surplus. i did not vote for the war or the tax cuts for the rich. with the...
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criminal conduct is addressed through criminal laws and voter laws. host: jonathon turley, a professor at george washington university law school. is the founder and extend the director of the projects for older prisoners. thank you for coming in and talking with us about the electoral college. coming up next, america by the numbers. we will look at trends in employee wages and benefits. we will be right back. ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> c-span is asking middle and high school students to send a message to the president that is part of this year's student can video documentary competition. will answer the question -- what is the most important issue the president should consider in 2013? for the grand prize of $5,000. there are 50,000 hours in total prize is available. the video competition is open to students in grades 6 through 12. goc online to am.org. -- studentcam.org. >> it has been there since 1947, the founding year of the country. it shows and films fr
criminal conduct is addressed through criminal laws and voter laws. host: jonathon turley, a professor at george washington university law school. is the founder and extend the director of the projects for older prisoners. thank you for coming in and talking with us about the electoral college. coming up next, america by the numbers. we will look at trends in employee wages and benefits. we will be right back. ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright...
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. >> do you think a balanced budget is something that should be required by law? >> we should work toward a balanced budget. >> i am not certain that a balanced budget is necessary at the national level. it is not a necessity because we can work within deficit as long as we manage them properly. we manage them after world war two. ii. president reagan exploded the debt. we were doing well as a world powerhouse during that time. if it is to manage, i do not see a balanced budget amendment as a necessity. i had a look at it following a radio debate between these two. the problem with h.r. 1861 is it is a drill baby drill sort of bill. it gives away a lot to big oil and fossil fuels. we should not put that money toward those industries anymore. we should shift that money into s.newable source and formulat >> that brings us to a topic often referred to by some as a green jobs boondoggle that has been exercised by the obama ministration. they point to the solar panel manufacturing and california. it received some less money to go under. in massachusetts, it was evergre
. >> do you think a balanced budget is something that should be required by law? >> we should work toward a balanced budget. >> i am not certain that a balanced budget is necessary at the national level. it is not a necessity because we can work within deficit as long as we manage them properly. we manage them after world war two. ii. president reagan exploded the debt. we were doing well as a world powerhouse during that time. if it is to manage, i do not see a balanced...